[Commlist] CFP: Horror, Cult and Exploitation Media

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS:

*HORROR, CULT AND EXPLOITATION MEDIA IV:*

*A WORKSHOP FOR PHD STUDENTS AND EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS*

Northumbria University, UK, 7 May 2020

PhD students and Early Career Researchers working in the field(s) of 
“horror, cult and exploitation” screen media, are invited to submit 
abstracts about their research to deliver at a workshop at Northumbria 
University, UK, on Thursday 7 May 2020.

The workshop – which follows three highly successful events in 2017, 
2018 and 2019 – will take the format of a mini-symposium, and consist of 
three sessions, each made up of four speakers. Speakers will each 
deliver a 5-10 minute talk about their research to their peers and to a 
panel of Northumbria’s academic experts, providing a short introduction 
to their current project and identifying several questions for 
discussion. After each presentation, there will be an opportunity for 
the academic panel and other workshop participants to feedback to each 
speaker, and to ask follow-up questions.

The workshop is intended to be a small scale networking opportunity for 
scholars with shared research interests, and to provide a relatively 
informal opportunity for those newer to academia to engage in dialogue 
with more established researchers.

The event will feature a presentation by Dr Kieran Foster (De Montfort 
University), who will discuss the contents of the Hammer Films Archive, 
and instruct workshop participants on how to access these materials for 
research purposes.

Applicants are reminded that there are only twelve spaces available. 
Lunch and light refreshment will be provided throughout the day. The 
event is free to attend.

Please submit a 250 word summary of your project and a 50-100 word bio 
to the principal organiser,

Dr Johnny Walker ((johnny.walker /at/ northumbria.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(johnny.walker /at/ northumbria.ac.uk)>), by 23:59 (GMT) *_Friday 20 
March 2020_*.

Applicants will be notified of their proposal’s outcome within 7 days of 
the deadline.

Relevant publications by Northumbria staff include: The Routledge 
Companion to Cult Cinema (2019), Italian Horror Cinema (2017), Snuff: 
Real Death and Screen Media (2016), Grindhouse: Cultural Exchange on 
42nd Street, and Beyond (2016), Alien Audiences: Remembering and 
Evaluating a Classic Movie (2016), Contemporary British Horror Cinema: 
Industry, Genre and Society (2015), Zombies and Sexuality (2014), 
Torture Porn: Popular Horror After Saw (2013), The Evil Dead (2011), 
Trash or Treasure? Censorship and the Changing Meanings of the Video 
Nasties (2007)

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